For the purpose of Good Fellowship and Golf
There are a few important changes to the Starter / Scorers instructions for the 2016 Season.
CLICK HERE for the latest Information on Special Events Registration.
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Reservations and Payment for Special Event Tournaments are changing!
President Rick Hines has lead an effort to move the Association to faster, easier, and more accurate management of our Special Events Registration. This will be more electronic in communication and payment. More of the effort will be automated making it easier for our volunteers.
The Executive Committee and the Finance Committee have reviewed the systems and agreed to move forward on electronic systems (registrations online) and payment (credit and debit cards). This starts in 2016 with the Special Events Tournaments.
SPECIAL EVENT REGISTRATION – Paper or Plastic?
SPECIAL EVENT REGISTRATION STARTS – January 1, 2016
We will have all the parts working and ready to go by the end of 2015. We will begin accepting registrations on January 1, 2016.
More information will be posted here shortly. Check back soon.
We will keep the special event tee locations by flight as they were last year.
The actual tee placements and colors will vary from course to course so the Event Leaders for each event will announce the actual tee locations before the tournament begins.
This information will be added to the Special Events Schedule and Rules.
Special Events Committee
Note: Revised again – for Aces not included in the online reports for Steve Sauter. Sorry for reporting Jim Bausch in error – my source had a head cold.
Ever wonder how many Holes-In-One Metro Seniors Members get? Are we getting more or less Holes-In-One than “average”? Who had one recently? How about “Celebrating” these events a little more?
The most referenced numbers for a Hole-In-One on a Par 3 are:
Assuming four (4) Par 3 holes per round, for each 18 hole round of golf the odds are:
How does Metro Seniors stack up to those odds?
From 2013 through 2015, we played a total of 28,000 rounds of golf. We had 14 Aces paid out.
Drum Roll Please!
That is 1999 rounds for every Ace: 1999 to 1 per round
About half way between the “average” amateur and the low-handicapper.
It is most interesting, that the number look like they are improving. But, I may be missing some data.
The fourteen players who made these are:
| 2013 | Div 2 | Patrick | Wampler |
| 2014 | Div 1 | Jack | Hipolito |
| Div 1 | John | Ammon | |
| Div 2 | Bill | Molz | |
| Div 3 | Bill | Riley | |
| Div 1 | Richard | Bourisaw | |
| 2015 | Div 1 | Wardell | Patterson |
| Div 1 | Steve | Sauter | |
| Div 4 | Allen F. | Rector | |
| Div 4 | Donald J. | Lemp | |
| Div 5 | Ed | Rodgers | |
| Div 5 | Cap | Kovarik | |
| Div 5 | Michael | Walters |
Division 1 has the most at 5, but Division 5 had 3 in their first year.
Now for those quick enough, thirteen players, 14 Aces. Hmmmmm
Yep, Allen F. Rector should have bought a lottery ticket. He got TWO (2) Aces this past year.
So how we get our Holes-In-One? Play More (and perhaps pray more)! Get that handicap down to 5, play 1250 rounds, and you’ll get it. That is only 60 rounds per year for 22 years.
Now the final question – did they all buy the foursome a round?????
First of all, I do apologize to our members in Division 9 and to members without email. The survey was online so the survey was limited to members with email. For Division 9 members, I did not have a current email list and with time pressures, simply did not include you. I think you needs are important, and will look at getting your responses in a followup survey.
Division 9 Members and all non-email members will have the opportunity to pick up a Member Book and a directory at the General Meeting (and at the course later).
NOW THE RESULTS
BOARD MEETING RESULTS
1/26/2016
Hi, this is Bob Zaruba, current President of MSLSGA. One of the new things in we are going to do in 2016 is to inform you of the decisions of the Board or new items during their meetings, so here are the high level results of the January 26th meeting:
Rainouts
Last November we had decided to change the rainout rule from 40 finishing players to 25% of the TOTAL golfers in the division as of the beginning of the season. In the meeting, it was voted to decrease this number to 20%. This will definitely lessen the required number of players finishing the round from what it has been in the past; the number will vary by division. NOTE: A player not finishing the round is STILL eligible for a closest-to-the-pin award or a Hole- in-One prize.
Closest-to-the-pin Markers
In order to limit the confusion of which CTTPs are regular and which are forward, they will be multi-colored. Current guess is that the Regular Tees will be Yellow and the Forward Tees will be Red.
Prize Money
To stay within our budget, we try to keep the weekly tournament prize money to about $26,000 each year. We are aware that there might be a large disparity of members per division, so we will determine a cutoff number of members. If your division is above that number, you would probably get six places per flight and perhaps differing dollar amounts per place. If your division is below that number, your division will probably get five places and perhaps less money per place. Again, the goal is to keep the total money at the $26,000 range.
Directory Changes
We have talked about a streamlined or on-line directory for years to keep the cost minimized. A survey was taken to get members responses to what it is they use from the directory. The results are:
All information will also be available on the GOLFSTLSENIORS.ORG website as well.
Discount Cards
We will have a Discount Card this year instead of the Coupon Book. We have contracted with over 30 courses and golf stores to give you discounts equivalent to or better than the Coupon Book. This will be a plastic card (to be handed out in the March Meeting or from your Division VP) that you can easily carry in your wallet. You will only get one card, so don’t lose it! It will have to be signed on the back.
Raffle
There will be a 50-50 raffle to provide Member benefits. Ticket sales will start at the March Meeting and prizes will be awarded at an event later in the year. You do not have to be present to win.
Golf Show
We will again have a booth at the golf show February 12-14. If you would like to work one of the shifts, please contact Kevin Deschler at 314-262-9690 or kades52@yahoo.com.
Minutes of the Meeting
Complete minutes from our meetings will be available on the website in a few weeks. Please be aware that they are not the approved minutes (there may be a small error) until the following meeting.
Special Events
All Special Events will be 7:30 shotgun starts
New Members
New members can now hit from the Forward Tees in their first three rounds – if they prefer. They will not be competing for prize money in a flight until they are playing their fourth round. If after three rounds they are in A Flight, they must hit from the Regular Tees.
GolfSTLSeniors.org Website
This website now has a Forum, where any Metro Seniors Member can propose ideas and exchange ideas with other members. All can read the Forum, but to place a topic or reply to a topic, you have to be given your own personal ID and Password.
Metro Seniors needs volunteers! We want representatives from all Divisions on several Committees.
New Members – we want you too. What a great way get involved and meet more folks to play golf with!
You will be working with a great group of guys to make Metro Sr better and you will learn something
Contact your Division VP. or someone on the Board post a feedback to this site, join the site Forum and post your interests, or send any of us an email.
Most committees don’t take a lot of time. Plus. sharing the load makes it easier and more fun for everyone!
There are a few important changes to the Starter / Scorers instructions for the 2016 Season.
CLICK HERE
New Member? Or someone who doesn’t do much with websites?
Don’t know how to use OurGolfStats.com?? Haven’t tried it? Well, get started!
Here is an illustrated guide to getting in and finding the key reports.
CLICK HERE
We have lots of resources available for members. The Member Book, the website and the OurGolfStats.com website all have information. The following sheet is a guide on where to look.
Resource Tip Sheet